You don’t need to wait for the weekend to experience a buzzing market with a hip crowd and incredible food in Cape Town. The Mojo Market in Sea Point is open seven days a week and here’s why you should stop by.

The food
The Mojo Market is a microcosm of everything Cape Town. You can walk your way through the indoor market and pass a vegan eatery, oyster shop, and bakery to name but a few. The variety of speciality stores is quite a treat, with some focusing on doing one thing beautifully like chicken wings, hummus, or sugarfree, guilt-free baked goods. There’s also bar at the heart of it all so you can get a drink and your pick one or ten of your favourite snacks and sit and enjoy the ambience. The market is open from 11am till 10 pm on weekdays and 10am till 10pm over the weekends so you can stop by for brunch, lunch, pre-drinks, dinners and post drinks (or all of the above).

The treats
From the guilt-free to the super indulgent, you’ll find a treat for every taste. The popular Amer..

Affectionately known as the organic market, the Oranjezicht City Farm Market adjacent to the V&A Waterfront is one of the most popular ways to spend a Saturday morning in Cape Town. Here’s why Capetonians and visitors love this market so.

The fresh produce
The Oranjezicht City Farm is an urban farm in the Oranjezicht area of Cape Town. The historic piece of land it calls home, next to the corner of Sidmouth Avenue and Upper Orange Street, was converted back to a farm in 2013 where fresh fruit, vegetable and herbs are grown. Their produce is phenomenal and you pick your own harvest straight from the farm on Wednesdays or at the market near the V&A Waterfront between 9am and 2pm on Saturdays. The farm also welcomes visitors from 8am to 4pm during the week and on Saturdays from 8am until 1pm.

At the market, you’ll find plenty of fresh and seasonal produce to choose from. In typical market-style, the prices are displayed and you weigh and pay at the checkout points right next to the corn..

The annual Cape Town Big Band Jazz Festival is a highlight of the city’s musical calendar, when school, university, and community big bands perform at the Baxter concert hall. 2018 marks the event’s 20th anniversary, and the four-day event promises to showcase the best of the city’s young musical talent.

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Excludes Event weekends. Please inquire when booking. Self-Catering Basis. No minimum night stay. Rate includes accommodation for up to 6 guests. Excludes Reserve Entrance Fees and any extras incurred. Valid for all new bookings made for De Hoop Village units only for stays from 1 May to 31 July 2018. De Hoop Village has 9 units. Each unit has a fully equipped kitchen, lounge, double bedroom, twin bedroom, bunk beds bedroom, bathroom with shower, outside braai (barbeque) area.

Winter is here which means cozy fireplaces, comfort food, and great wines, but best of all is that Franschhoek’s popular Mystery Weekends are back. A weekend of surprise, relaxation, and pure indulgence – and if you haven’t booked you’re definitely missing out on this ‘once in a lifetime’ opportunity. Ideally suited to couples, the Franschhoek Mystery Weekends are packaged to absolute perfection and holds the promise of revealing Franschhoek’s finest wines, world-class cuisine, bespoke experiences and so much more. And the best part is you don’t have to book anything. Registration for the weekend will take place at Leopard’s Leap Family Vineyards.

Your unforgettable and unique Franschhoek Mystery Weekend includes the following:
• Two nights’ accommodation;
• Breakfast daily;
• A surprise event on Friday night;
• Dinner on Saturday night;
• A light lunch on the Sunday;
• A selection of fun-filled bespoke Franschhoek experiences which will be revealed upon your check in but are guarante..

Grab the chance to Taste the Helderberg every winter in Cape Town – an annual festival aimed at foodie fiends and wine enthusiasts alike. For one night, wine farms and restaurants in the Helderberg region showcase their products at this hip and happening event.

When
This annual showcase of excellent local wine and food, Taste the Helderberg is set to take place on Friday, 8 June 2018. This will be the first time the event is held on a Friday and gives wine-lovers the opportunity for a perfect weekend break-away to the countryside. Be among the first to sample latest wine releases and some of the region’s best on the Friday and then venture out to the farms on Saturday and Sunday to experience their provenance first-hand.

The venue
The 2018 Taste The Helderberg food and wine show take place at the NH The Lord Charles Hotel in Somerset West. The Helderberg Mountain lies behind Somerset West and forms part of the Hottentots Holland range. With cool breezes blowing over from False Bay, t..

Cape Town has a good internet infrastructure that is rapidly improving thanks to the widescale roll-out of fibre. Our city has some of the most beautiful and interesting wifi spots on the planet, so if you’re looking for a little oasis of connectivity to upload your holiday pics or research the next phase of your trip then here are ten great spots you have to try.

The Company’s Garden
The perfect place to sit in the sun, feed the squirrels and check your email. The Company’s Garden in the CBD has several free wifi hotspots where you can browse the web and watch the world go by. The Garden also has QR code signs that you can scan to find out more about the local flora.

Website: capetown.travel

The Bandwidth Barn
Cape Town has been making a name for itself as an incubator for tech entrepreneurs in Africa and the Bandwidth Barn has been at the forefront. With two locations, in Woodstock and Khayelitsha, the Bandwidth Barn offers a co-working space with hot desks—perfect if you’re in th..

While visiting Cape Town, you might hear locals taking about the Cape Doctor and wonder what they could possibly referring to. If you want to blend in and brush up on your Capetonian slang, read on.

Capetonians love talking about the weather. In most places, weather-talk is a last ditch attempt to break an uncomfortable silence. In Cape Town, it’s taken very seriously. You’ll never pass as a local unless you can speak with authority about when it will rain, how long it will rain for, when to expect a cold front, whether the tip-top of table Mountain is in for a dusting of snow, and most importantly, what the wind is doing.

The Cape Doctor is the name locals have affectionately given the famous south easterly wind that batters our shores from spring to late summer. Most of the time, the south easter is a much-loved feature of the Cape Town summer. Occasionally, though, it does get a little overzealous. Every now and then YouTube videos go viral, showing desperate commuters as they clu..

Nestled between the townships of Philippi and Khayelitsha, Mitchells Plain was founded in the 70s, when thousands of Capetonians were forcibly moved here under the Group Areas Act. Today, Mitchells Plain is home to over 300,000 residents from diverse and colourful backgrounds. You’ll find evidence of this tight-knit community wherever you look – from the friendly locals found sitting on the stoep (patio) to the numerous braais (BBQs) held on a summer’s day. Mitchells Plain is edgy, quirky, and authentically Cape Town.

Where to eat and make merry: restaurants and bars
The Grillfather
The Grillfather is the “number 1 steakhouse in Mitchells Plain”, and is famous for their delicious basting sauce. It was inspired by the owner’s love for good food and the Godfather trilogy. They serve braai-inspired food: think basted steaks, barbecue chicken, and tasty flame-grilled burgers. For the extra-hungry, there’s the footlong boerewors (traditional South African beef sausage) roll.

We are delighted to inform you that Taj InnerCircle has won the coveted 210 Award at the recently held Freddie Awards in Seattle, USA.

The Freddie Awards is one of the most recognised and prominent awards for frequent traveller programs. The 210 Award is given to the program to watch out for, as voters who know about the program rate it extremely high.

The Taj InnerCircle also finished in the Top Four in the following award categories for the Middle East, Asia, Oceania region.

Best Hotel Promotion
Hotel Program of the Year
Best Hotel Elite Program
Best Hotel Customer Service
Best Hotel Redemption Ability

Global recognition and rewards only come about because of your support. They also assure us that our programme and the special benefits are being noticed, and appreciated, by you.

We look forward to offering you globally-acclaimed services as a Taj InnerCircle member and many more unforgettable experiences at the Taj.